Episode 417: Helping Families with Disabilities Experience Their Capability with Amy Juila Becker
Amy Julia Becker explains why measuring kids against developmental milestones makes children with disabilities look incapable, and why asking "what's the next small step toward growth?" shows how capable they really are. She describes letting love "wrap around" fear and helping kids feel wanted, valued, and needed. She also shares how person-centered goal-setting turned 12-year-old Penny's dream of living with friends in Chicago into "Mondays, Penny does her own laundry." Her advice for overwhelmed parents is to pick one overwhelming thing, ask "who could help me?", and take one small step toward that person.
Here is a transcript for episode 417.
Resources mentioned:
Capable by Sissy Goff and David Thomas
Amy Julia Becker's books: To Be Made Well, White Picket Fences, Small Talk, A Good and Perfect Gift
Amy Julia's podcasts: Take the Next Step with Amy Julia Becker and Reimagining the Good Life
Take the Next Step: When Grief Has No Words: Helping Kids With Disabilities Process Loss • Sissy Goff, LPC-MHSP
Raising Boys and Girls Episode 226: Reimagining Family Life with Disability with Amy Julia Becker
Alliance for Disability Justice and Ethics in Reproductive Genetics
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